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Are Crows the Ultimate Problem Solvers? | Inside the Animal Mind | BBC Earth

BBC Earth · 4.8M views · 2014-09-10 · 4:09

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Overview

A BBC Earth clip from Inside the Animal Mind in which a crow named 007 solves an eight-step puzzle to get a reward. It showcases crow problem-solving.

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Shared in crow-intelligence threads as a striking demonstration that changes how people see crows.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2017–2021

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Animals & nature
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What people said

belter · 2021-08 · Strong recommendation

This one impressed me so much, I never looked at Crows again the same way: "Are Crows the Ultimate Problem Solvers?" [VIDEO]

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ablekh · 2017-11 · Strong recommendation

I hope that people here will enjoy this amazing video ( [VIDEO] ) as much as I did. I knew that crows are smart, but this is clearly the next level of intelligence ... By the way, I have discovered this video via the relevant cool project's website: [LINK] .

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belter · 2021-06 · Reference

Crows actions are on par or exceed Octopus level of smartness "Smart Crow uses cars to crack nuts in Akita, Japan" [LINK] "Are Crows the Ultimate Problem Solvers?" [VIDEO]

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